Lioness333

The order in which they care about things 1.) MONEY. Squeezing you for your value. 2.) Catering to people so they don't get sued and lose #1. Period.

I'm leaving to pursue my life-long dream of a PhD in Anthropology, to be a paleopathologist. It's the ONLY reason I choose a BSN. I was not "called" to nursing and as a child/teen never wanted to or even thought of becoming a nurse. Now, that doesn't...

Becoming a nurse. What I learned from it was that it was an extension of co-dependency learned in childhood, the whole thing that took me away from my desired path. Fortunately I don't see my age as a limiting factor, and I'm returning to what I alwa...

Bingo. "Be glad you have a job." "Customer service is our priority." "Her daughter doesn't want her medicated." "What did you do to set her off?" "Maybe you could finish passing meds and take her for a walk." "His son is calling his lawyer if we tran...

If anyone ever tells you not to feel or have emotions about the people you put your life on the line for, just walk away. They are not worth the energy to formulate a response.

Who says you have to do it for the rest of your life? A BSN means you can earn a living as a nurse WHILE you pursue what you REALLY want to do, and you have the opportunity to learn valuable translatable skills. I chose the BSN over other Bachelor's ...

This is why many people recuse themselves from any role in a relative's care. It may look to the staff that they don't care, or that the family sees them as incompetent, but if you are dealing with a sibling who is threatening you with a lawyer and c...

"I regret to inform you that I have been offered an opportunity that I cannot pass up and I must resign from my position on (date). I appreciate the experience I had at this facility and I am sure you will find a qualified nurse to replace me. Sincer...

Anyone can be trained to take a BP. Personally, I don't think anyone should use the title of "nurse" unless they are one, but I would never waste time trying to report them...time in my life I can't get back, and for what? To be on a power trip? No, ...

We were often hugged in LTC by patients and families. If they initiate and seek out that physical act of comfort, who is anyone to tell anyone it's inappropriate to embrace them back? Except for one lawyer I know of, but people who never got hugs oft...

I cannot believe that someone told someone else not to reply on a public forum. I guess the concept of "a comment that isn't going to enhance my perspective...next!" is foreign to some. Well, I will be adding to my "disregard" list...kind of how I tr...

Well some managers don't care about the health, well-being, or familial personal needs of their staff, they only care that they are sheeple who make them look good to Admin. Don't act shocked that I opted out.

I never use my phone for work other than a text regarding schedules. I don't have my employer name in my phone. I refer only to unit/floor if someone asks where they are working, and I don't socialize with colleagues outside of work, or online. Probl...

OMG...ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO MY PROFILE, TRACK ME DOWN, AND REPORT ME TO MY EMPLOYER FOR LIKING THE ABOVE POST??? Or are you going to stop trying to control other people and get a life, or work on your own issues? :-)

"Well, I'm going to have to report you because you should have refused the admission when you saw it was getting past the time you would have been able to complete it." Simple. When you are young, new, just learning and didn't know you could refuse, ...

I have actually been LEAVING EXHAUSTED, WALKING OUT, witnessed a fall, and ran to a time clock to punch back in and help and do the reports. You know NOTHING about how I am...I am VALUED by employers...you should NEVER assume how I think, feel and ac...

Typical...reading and misconstruing, assuming, checking a profile, then commenting. Typical management, you want people to go above and beyond to the detriment of themselves/their health and family for the betterment of how YOU look as a manager...or...

Oh, but it's ok to come on here and say "I had a patient admitted for such and such...." Why is FB criminalized and not other forums? This is why I don't have any work contacts on FB, EVER.

Alarm-free...BTDT...nothing like trying to chart and Ethel Jizzanthapus comes staggering down the hall, naked and hunched, holding a Code Brown diaper, yelling "Bill...is that you...." and crashes to the floor right as you reach her...at 4:50 am.

Here lies the beauty of nursing: Are you in a hurry to get home, or will an extra hours' pay come in handy? Is this a resident you are fond of, or one who is mean and you only do necessary care on? Is the oncoming nurse a person you admire, value, ap...

I remember when a 3-11 admission arrived from out of state, five minutes after MY shift ended, and the 11-7 nurse refused to do it and bullied me into punching back in and doing it, which took about 3 hours. I figured out a way to get her back for th...

Every time I have a shift like that, I get online and start looking for another job. You know darn well that the next time you work, some clueless, out of touch, unhelpful manager is going to say "Couldn't you get there fast enough? Why didn't you ca...

How can one be sure that the nurse isn't or won't be dealing with the patient? I have had to chart on people who were injured during transit through my unit, where I was called to assist in a hallway, even clean/dress a cut. I mind my own business an...

This site IS social media. I do not friend co-workers online ANYWHERE. I do not give identifiable information. I DO have the right, under the Supreme Court, to go home and say "I got punched in the face by an old lady today..." on my FB. SAME AS I WO...

I endure the toxic personalities like this: "Oh...someone called in? You need help? Who will I be working with? Whoops...sorry...can't help her out." Click.